ทันที(tan tee)

Meanings

1AdverbA2

immediately; at once

without delay; right away

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)วิ่งwîngวิ่งwîng1[to] run2[to] run (operate; be in service)3[to] flow; course4[to] chase; pursueไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
As soon as I heard the call, I ran right away.
2ConjunctionB1

as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่ทันทีที่tan-tee têeas soon as; once; the moment that)

at the exact time when something happens; used with ทันทีที่ทันทีที่tan-tee têeas soon as; once; the moment that to link clauses

Examples

ทันทีที่tan-tee têeทันทีที่tan-tee têeas soon as; once; the moment thatฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decreaseเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerรีบrêepรีบrêep1[to] hurry; rush2in a hurry; rushed3hastily; quickly (due to urgency)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ผ้าpâaผ้าpâa1cloth; fabric; textile2cloth item3classifier: piece/bolt of cloth (Thai classifier)เข้าบ้านkâo bâanเข้าบ้านkâo bâan[to] enter the house; [to] come into the house
As soon as it started to rain, we hurried to bring the clothes inside.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ทันtanทันtan1[to] be in time for2[to] catch up with; keep up with; keep abreast of3in time4[to] be quick-witted with; see throughPart 1
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ทีteeทีtee1turn; chance; opportunity; one’s shot2time; occasion; instance3[!] hey; you there (brusque/colloquial)4classifier: times; hits; strokes; attemptsPart 2
ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan teeimmediately; at once